Werner [Bürstenbinder], E. [Elisabeth] (1838 - 1918) U altaria. Feia Al´p. Razveiannye chary. Romany., Kharkiv- Spb., 'Edinorog', 'Akatsiia', TOO 'Oris' 1994., 493 p.
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Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (* 25. November 1838 in Berlin; † 10. Oktober 1918 auf Schloss Labers bei Meran) was among most read German women-writers in Russia, Sweden and Italy. Her books were printed in hundreds thousands of copies. A. A. Kaspari publishers in St. Petersburg made a larger fortute thanks to her Russian edition of 'Polnoe sobranie Sochinenii' published in St.Petersburg on the turn of the century more than in two runs.

Reissue of 1914 A. A. Kaspari edition (Vols. II and V), published as a supplement to a polura pulp magazine 'Rodina'.Magazine and all supplemets were banned for circulation in the Soviet Union till mid 1980s.
Some corrigenda by unknown translator or editor. In all the probability corrigenda was made by a team of editors (A.Bobita, S.Litvinenko and N.Seliverstova).

A.A.Kaspari publishers was one of Russia´s largest publishing houses, specializing in pulp literature, both by Russian authors and in translation. Starting from early 1920s Bürstenbinder´s books were withdrawn from all Soviet public libraries and at the later date banned for circulation in antiquarian book stores chain through the USSR.

Most antiquarian book dealers obeyed. One of the very few who broke the ban was Yaroslavlian Leonid Sergeevich Stepanov. Stepanov bought and resold much pulp fiction in 1950s and 1960s, making a fortune close to 1 000 000 rubles in 1950s and 1960s. His enterprise in Leningrad of early 1960s was called 'Stepantorg' by many bibliophiles, book lovers and black marketeers.
He was denounced by his colleagues in antiquarian trade (and some vigilante in 1962 (?) ), tried and got a death sentence. He was on a death raw for almost three month. Died in jail in 1965 (?).

Dozens of Elisabeth Bürstenbinder novels were found in Stepanov´s bookstore´s warehouse. All the books were burned but not sent to pulp as some authors in Russia claim..